The video begins with a zither being moved onto a small stage; judging from the background, it seems to be a rather tasteful bar.

Then the owner goes up to introduce, while the phone owner, presumably a professional woman, is whispering to friends, saying she hasn't heard ancient music performances at Dark Night Star before, so she's taking a video to edit and post on her social media.

Next, the Hanfu girl comes on stage, and the melodious zither music starts playing. The person filming gently taps the rhythm to enjoy the performance.

Meanwhile, the scrolling comments are all about "Sounds great," "The girl plays well," "Hua Country's ancient music truly has a Mental Realm," and similar remarks.

At the next moment, a cool voice suddenly rings out in the video.

"Stop playing, your zither skill is still a bit rough. Go practice more and come out later."

"WTF?"

"Where did this red-eyed monster come from?"

"An old woman with irregular periods jealous of young and talented people?"

"Look ahead!"

"Look ahead!"

"WTF look ahead! I'm definitely not giving spoilers!"

Sure enough, like the initial comments, the bar's guests started speaking out in defense.

Then the owner stepped in, and a seemingly handsome young man appeared, but even his presence didn't salvage the situation.

"The lights are too dim to see clearly, this guy seems quite young, maybe living off a woman?"

"Requesting the video creator to increase brightness!"

"The Hanfu girl made a move! Let's see how he responds!"

"Oh, does he want to play? Could he possibly play better than this girl?"

"I know the Hanfu girl; she's a top student at Hai City Music Academy, a senior this year, comes from a rich musical family, excellent grades, and definitely qualified for professional musical performances."

"Waiting for this guy to embarrass himself!"

"Oh, composing his music? That's bold!"

"Unrestrained! Shameless! Composing his own music, Hua Country's classical music is degraded by such people!"

"Expose this trash guy who pleases the old woman by belittling the girl!"

"Look ahead!"

"Look ahead!"

"WTF scared me to death, must watch to the end!"

The man sat down, zither sounds began, and the entire bar fell silent.

"..."

"Seems...quite nice to listen to?"

"Huh! Not nice!"

"Never heard it, must be plagiarism?"

"Surely plagiarism! This trash guy probably bought the piece somewhere and is showing off here!"

"Truth be told, the man plays really well!"

However, due to the phone recording sound quality issue, only a third of the tone is conveyed, making it hard to fully show the Mental Realm, so online viewers did not share the live audience's shock.

However...

"Look ahead!"

"High energy ahead!"

"The climax is coming!"

At the next moment, a Xiao sound starts, the video pans to capture a silhouette under dim lighting.

"WTF so pretty!"

"Even though it's just a shadow, I feel like I'm in love!"

"I take back what I said earlier!"

"My goodness, are you all brainwashed fools? Didn't you hear the girl's Xiao sound and how it matched the earlier tune, but slightly adjusted to convey a different feeling?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't get it!"

"All I know is that the girl plays the Xiao well!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Even if the phone's sound quality is bad, it cannot obscure the amazing performance by Lu Zheng and Si Lingxi; it's impressive enough to shock the online viewers, even if only a fraction of the spirit is shown.

"Amazing sound!"

"Never heard before!"

"Is this 'Phoenix Seeking Phoenix'? No wonder Zhuo Wenjun ran off with Sima Xiangru."

"In love, in love!"

"If that man was not lying earlier, then it only shows that these two have incredibly high musical levels that are mind-blowingly high!"

Not just the quality of this man's composed 'Phoenix Seeking Phoenix,' the fact that the woman could slightly adjust to match it after hearing once proves her top-tier fundamentals and musical talent!"

"Truth be told, it's really a lot better than the Hanfu girl's earlier performance."

"Maybe he really couldn't endure the Hanfu girl's performance, like how I can't stand my mom's erhu donkey braying, maybe to a professional's ear the Hanfu girl's playing sounds like donkey brays."

"That statement is too much!"

"Over the top +1, but I oddly feel you hit the nail on the head."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Soon, as the song ended, the bar guests' reactions matched the online viewers, comforting the Hanfu girl and requesting the owner to play soft music.

"Haha, dying of laughter!"

"Can we estimate the shadow area of the girl's psyche?"

"Wow, that guy is really handsome!"

"But that woman is truly pretty; she has such long hair, she must be a gentle, graceful, classical girl!"

"I want to learn zither!"

"WTF my girlfriend wants me to play 'Phoenix Seeking Phoenix' for her? But I can't even play guitar! Help!"

"Hey hey hey? The Hanfu girl is heading to that table, sitting down, it wasn't intentional provocation, misunderstanding resolved."

The video ends with the Hanfu girl sitting at that booth.

It's not that the video creator didn't want to film Lu Zheng and others leaving, but because she just took out her phone and had it slip, dropping the phone and cracking the tempered screen protector.

...

Elsewhere, at a bureau in Hai City, an office was dedicated to connecting all of Hai City's surveillance cameras, hooked to the big data analysis system, and linked to all of Hai City's case electronic files.

Right now, all surveillance around Yu Hua District within a kilometer was brought in for analysis, along with the disaster victims, onlookers, and firefighters' records at the fire scene.

A five-person team was carefully watching videos and analyzing records.

"Who would have thought, we'd encounter the main character just after arriving."

"How do you know it's the main character?"

"Do you think the fire was normal?"

"Look at the fire experts' analysis report. Because there was a vortex airflow at that moment that cleared out air in the building space, it temporarily suppressed the fire, then the airflow passed, and subsequent strong wind blew out the remaining fire, creating this rarity with seemingly miraculous phenomena."

"You believe it?"

"I don't believe it either, but the problem is there are no clues at all!"

"Then keep searching! Anyway, we only have this clue for now, start with the community's resident information, analyze house by house!

Then extend the surveillance range from one kilometer to two kilometers, record all people appearing, and compare using big data with future possible related cases... Are you even listening to me, what are you watching?"

"Uh...I'm watching a boy and a girl performing classical folk music, they're really good..."

"It's work time now!"

"Alright, alright! Received, received, let's continue analyzing, continue analyzing!"